For years I have thought of setting up an Idea Bank where people could post their ideas. (I have never gotten around to it.)

For a good while now, I have thought I should post my ideas for programs here in my diary. I am getting around to it. I hope that someone may take some and run with them. Feel free to use any of these ideas in Free Programs. Credit is up to you, but might be nice. I would like you not to use them in non-free programs, but, if you do, I would like more than credit.

I-Oct-28-2003-01

I like to sing, but I can't (carry a tune in a paper bag.) It would be great if I could enter a tune in a program (midi or abc format would do) and then sing into a mic connected to the sound card. The program would then adjust my pitch to match the entered tune. Bam! I would be smiling. Non-real time would be cool, real time would be fantastic.

I-Oct-28-2003-02

I had this idea years ago, but we may be getting to the point where it could work.

I had it originally in the context of architects, engineers, draftsmen, etc. Replace the traditional drafting board with a similar size and oriented computer display/input device. The worker could then use the traditional draftind tools (square, triangles, etc.) to work with their drawings.

Also, make the drawing area shareable over the network (lan, internet.) Have a camera and mic on the worker and have an area on the screen to display the images of the other networked workers (video with audio) so they can conference and discuss the work as they draw together.

Following on from fejj's comments, if the messages were stored just once, it would be possible to have all marked as spam if one of the multiple deliverees marked it as spam. This could seriously cut down on work.

Busy with a lot of things lately.

Anyone interested in the creation of an Idea Bank where people could document their ideas (for inventions, programs, and other things) in order to make them available for development by others as well as document proof of ideas etc. as possible prior art?

Made some good progress on Ben's Game this week. Went out with Jeremy last night on a quest to get animal pictures for the game. We did OK, but we started too late - the lizards had retired for the night. More this morning.

I hope to have the new pictures along with the improved game done and included on a remastered knoppix CD in time for the BsLUG meeting tonight.

Well, that 2 am remaster caaused me to lose my memeory. Wrote up a wrong report later in the day.

The first effort to fix the problems failed, but a later effort yesterday evening succeeded.

I now have a knoppix with some programs removed to make space, with an infant's program that I wrote for my son (in python) installed, and a link to the same on the desktop. Also, a link on the startup webpage in konqueror that points to bslug.org which is our linux users group here in the Bahamas which we are finally getting well off of the ground.

Spent too many hours yesterday working on a winxp BSOD registry problem. Knoppix to the rescue allowing the backup of long un-backed up client files prior to the fix attempt. Decent success on the fix, ran out of time. Gotta go back this morning to finish up.

Will be very happy when the apps are there which will allow me to push harder for my clients to adopt linux wholesale. Now it is mostly for servers. I find replacing their accounting apps with free software to be one of hte biggest holdups.

I know I could go to non-free on linux and at least be a little better off, but it is hard to recommend doing all the work needed to move out of one lock in position only to move into another lock in position.

SQL-Ledger may get there with the release of the POS module. I need to get in motion and make some progress with my project on savannah as well.

Began to try my hand at writing my first xoops module today. Started out with one of the standard ones, moved things to a new directory and made the necessary changes to get it installable and working. Now I need to figure how to modify to do what I want.

I am thinking of modifying some old software that I haven't touched in a few years to make it a module.

I really need to shut down and try and get some decent rest tonight.

Got on offer of help for the zbpos project today. Perhaps this will get me moving on that again. I hope so.